The Physics of Galaxies

10 credits

Course, Master's level, 1FA260

Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 67%, On-campus, English

Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 67%, On-campus, English For exchange students

About the course

Galaxy morphology, distances and dimensions. Light distribution, colours and stellar components. Magnetic fields. Kinematics, dynamics and masses. The Milky Way, the Local Group and the Local Supercluster. The local velocity field. Galaxy clusters and large-scale structure. Distribution of galaxies, radio sources and quasars at different cosmic epochs. Luminosity function. The intergalactic medium. Galaxy formation and early star formation. Gas flows and chemical evolution. Dynamical and morphological evolution. Interacting galaxies. Active galaxies and quasars.

Self-studies in case of few participants.

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